using try and except, what is wrong with this?

[Bengt Richter]

On 27 May 2003 00:46:57 -0700, davidang at info.com.ph (David Ang) wrote:

>hello,
>
>this is exactly from your tutorial documentation, but my python
>interpreter is complaining...
>
>>>> def this_fail():
>	x = 1/0
>
>>>> try:
>	this_fail()
>    except ZeroDivisionError, detail:
>
>IndentationError: unindent does not match any outer indentation level
>(line 3)
>
Did you forget to supply an idented line after the except line? E.g.,

 >>> def this_fail():
 ...     1/0
 ...
 >>> try:
 ...     this_fail()
 ... except ZeroDivisionError, detail:
 ...     print detail
 ...
 integer division or modulo by zero

Seems to work. (A blank line interactively instead of "    print detail" will trigger
interactive compile and execute, so it will complain about the missing line).

Regards,
Bengt Richter